Sanitary folding comfort chair



Jan. 6. 1925.

G. D. WERNLI ET AL SANITARY FOLDING COMFORT CHAIR Filed June 2, 1925'INVENTORS: GEO/F65 0. WERNLI, AND

WILL/AM M. WEBSTER,

A TTORNE Y.

SANITARY FQLDINGCOMFORT CHAIR.

Application filed June a,

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that we, GEORGE D. WERNLI and WILLARD M. Wnnsrna, bothcitizens'of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sanitary Folding Comfort Chairs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

()ur invention relates to comfort chairs, and the objects are first, toprovide a sanitary chair with a renewable chute when same is soiled;second, to construct a sanitary chair that will hold detachable sidewalls; third, to'provide a folding chair for comfort stations.

Further objects are to provide portable comfort chairs that are simplein construction and easy to replace the parts thereof.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view of ourchair with the housings removed.

Figure 2 represents a perspective view of Figure 1 when folded with thechute and housing removed. I

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the hanger for the said chute.

Figure 4 is a perspective view as in Figure 1, with the housing attachedin profile.

Figure 5 represents a perspective view of a tapered chute for Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in which like characters of reference designatesimilar parts, the chair 1 is of apredetermined rectangular shape tosuit a chute 18, and is constructed with folding legs 5, 5 and 6, thesaid folding legs 5 and 5 being held flush with one another on the twosides of the legs 6 by suitable pairs of bent clips 7, and are hingedtogether by the joints 22, the braces 10' and 11 are secured between thelower ends of the said legs 6 and 5 respectively, and the bars 8 and 9are secured on the upper ends of the legs 5 and 6 respectively, the eyes12, 13, 14 and 15 being secured horizontally from the outer ends of thesaid bars 8 and 9, and the braces 11 and 10 respectively, the seat-3 isof a flexible material and is reinforced by the bands 23 thereunder, thesaid seat 3 and bands .13 are secured on the bars 8 and 9 between thesaid legs 5 and 6, and are of a sufficient length 1923. Serial no.543,018.

to permit the said bars 8 and 9 to span the required distance from oneanother, and a hole 4 being of a predetermined shape and The beingprovided with correspondingly spaced eyelets 16, permit the said eyelets16 to pass over the said hooks l7, and the chute 18 GEORGE n. WERNLI AnnWILLA D M. wniasrnn, or LOS ansnrns, CAL-IFORNiA.

being formed with straight sides 19, or

tapered sides 19 and of a collapsible ma terial may be folded intopackages for shipment and replacements. The frame 2 comprises a set ofupright posts'20, and a set' of braces 25 are 'collapsibly connected tothe upper ends of the said posts 20, the sides 24 being of a collapsiblematerial is-hung to the rear and two sides of the said frame 2, and thedoors 721 are hingedlyhung from the posts 20 on the front side of-thesaid frame 2,

To use the chair 1 the bars 8 and 9 are manuallyseparated from a' foldedposition, as shown in Figure 2, to a standing position, as shown inFigure 1, and when the said chair 1 has been set up in a standingposition the chute 18 is hung vertically therev through with the openends leading from the hole 4: to the ground, and when it is desired toprovide ahousing for the chair 1, the frame 2 is erected by firstdropping the lower ends of the posts 20 down through the holes 12-15 and13.14 respectively, v

and the sides 24 and doors 21 are in turn hung around the sides of thesaid housing as hereinbefore described.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is: i v I 1. Asanitary folding comfort .chair of the class described comprising afolding chair supporting means, hooks secur'edto the upper inner portionof said supporting legs, eyes secured to the upper ends of saidpostsextending through one of said eyes at legs in vertical alinementrespectively with the upper end of a leg and through the eye the eyessecured to the lower ends of the below'in the lower end of a leg. 10legs, bars secured respectively to the upper In testimony whereof weaffix our signa- 4 ends of opposite legs, a collapsible comfort tures.

seat secured to said bars,'and a housing in- GEORGE D; WERNLI. eludingposts at its corners, each of which r WILLARD M. WEBSTER.

